Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light run and with not all classes represented, Feeder steers 300-400 lbs sold 20.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 4.00 lower, over 500 lbs not enough receipts to establish a trend. Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold 1.00-15.00 higher. Feeder supply was mostly average unweaned cattle with a few groups of long weaned cattle selling for a premium. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −111.65 against this barn's trailing median of $431.65.

Average price

$320.00

4 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,284

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3

$265.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−60.84

vs AR average

−102.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	420.00	2,121	1thin
Medium and Large 2	533	352.50	1,877	2thin
Small and Medium 3	540	155.00	837	1thin

One grade step is worth $265.00/cwt here — about $1,284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $395.04, median $431.65 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

320.00

—

AR average7 barns · 178 hd

380.84

−60.84

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−102.65

This barn, trailing median19 sales

431.65

−111.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,655	182.00	3,012	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,525	162.33	2,475	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,128	141.44	1,596	11

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$2,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 lots · USDA AMS · County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	343.36/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	428.00/cwt	408.00–448.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	446.41/cwt	439.00–459.00	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	355.35/cwt	330.00–377.00	2,004	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	298.15/cwt	288.00–304.00	2,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	482.76/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,762	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	344.47/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	425.19/cwt	421.00–429.00	2,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,490	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	500–550	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	332.80/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	347.69/cwt	336.00–362.50	1,631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	402.23/cwt	376.00–418.00	1,878	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	126.01/cwt	98.00–136.00	1,316	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	144.47/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,531	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	156.41/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,885	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	150.00/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,853	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,849	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,216	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,041	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,964	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	830	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	875	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,380	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,012	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	165.00/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,439	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	318.51/cwt	314.00–320.00	2,175	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	433.42/cwt	432.00–435.00	1,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,265	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	367.87/cwt	354.00–379.00	1,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	370.18/cwt	343.00–399.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	401.88/cwt	388.00–441.00	1,507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	346.94/cwt	339.00–351.00	1,849	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	382.35/cwt	361.00–390.00	1,996	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,424	2

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Wed Oct 1, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 124Last week 99Year ago 88

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 13Year ago 18

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 11Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	291	492.00	492.00
2	300–350	320	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	325	501.00	501.00
5	350–400	365	460.00–490.00	482.76
4	400–450	428	439.00–459.00	446.41
2	450–500	473	421.00–429.00	425.19
1	500–550	505	420.00	420.00
9	650–700	660	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	710	334.00	334.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	367.00	367.00
1	400–450	445	369.00	369.00
1	700–750	720	53.00	53.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	432.00–435.00	433.42
5	350–400	375	388.00–441.00	401.88
2	400–450	428	343.00–399.00	370.18
3	450–500	463	354.00–379.00	367.87
1	500–550	515	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	645	328.00	328.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	416.00	416.00
3	450–500	467	376.00–418.00	402.23
4	500–550	522	361.00–390.00	382.35
10	550–600	564	330.00–377.00	355.35
3	600–650	605	340.00–350.00	343.36
1	650–700	695	307.00	307.00
3	700–750	715	288.00–304.00	298.15
1	750–800	790	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	346.00	346.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	515	303.00	303.00
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	408.00–448.00	428.00
2	400–450	418	370.00	370.00
4	450–500	469	336.00–362.50	347.69
5	500–550	533	339.00–351.00	346.94
2	550–600	573	342.00–347.00	344.47
2	600–650	610	321.00–345.00	332.80
8	650–700	683	314.00–320.00	318.51
5	750–800	781	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	308.00	308.00
1	700–750	700	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	875	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	288.00	288.00
1	700–750	740	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,044	98.00–136.00	126.01
2	—	1,060	144.00–145.00	144.47
2	—	1,205	155.00–158.00	156.41
3	—	1,235	149.00–151.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,385	160.00	160.00
4	—	1,478	164.00–166.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	182.00	182.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	173.00	173.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	159.00	159.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	2,075.00	2,075.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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County Line Sale Barn

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle